Golf club



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GOLF CLUB Filed Nov. 17, 1928 T 1 Z Conrad 7 f/a dms i'/&arf C Am/r Patented Oct. 24, 1933 v UNITED STATES GOLF own Conrad F. Harders and Richard A. Link, Detroit, Mich., assignors to The L. A. Young Company,

Detroit, Mich.

Application November 17, 1928 Serial No. 320,108

3 Claims.

In the manufacture of wooden shaft golf clubs it is the common practice to bell and shoulder the. shaft so that the shaft has the appearance of merging into the shank of the club. This is done for the purpose of appearance and also to secure the desired balance or feel in the club. One of the objections to steel shaft clubs has been that this desired appearance and balance were not present.

It is the main object of this invention to provide a golf club having a steel shaft which presents substantially the appearance and balance of a golf club having a shaft of wood.

Objects pertaining to details and economies of our invention will appear from the description to follow. The invention is defined in the claims.

A golf club which embodies the features of our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a golf club having an iron head embodying the features of our invention, portions of the shaft being broken away. v

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view partially in longitudinal section.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the shaft sleeve.

In the accompanying view we have illustrated our improvements in one form in which we have embodied the same. in practice in which the iron club head 1 is provided with a downwardly tapered integral shank 2 having a socket 3 therein. The shaft 4 is of tubular steel, the walls of the shaft being of uniform thickness throughout. The grip 5 is of leather or other suitable material and is conventionally illustrated in the drawing. The lower end, of the shaft is secured in the socket 3.

0n the shaft above the shank we arrange and fixedly secure a sleeve 6, the lower end of which abuts the end of the shank and is of an external diameter corresponding to the external diameter of the upper end of the shank so that the shank merges into the sleeve. The sleeve has-an upwardly tapered portion 7 at its lower end which merges into a portion 8 at its upper end having walls of uniform thickness.

Between the upper end of the sleeve and the grip we provide the shaft with a coating 9, the end of the sleeve being preferably beveled at 10 so that it merges into the coating. This coating or finishing may be of any desired material.

With thisarrangement of parts we are able to produce steel shaft clubs having the appearance and approximately the balance and feel of .wooden shaft clubs, without destroying or modifying the usual contour of the shanks of the iron head members.

We have not attempted to illustrate various modifications and adaptations of our improvements as it is believed that this disclosure will enable those skilled in the art to embody or adapt our improvements as may be desired.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1.= In a golf club, the combination with a metal head provided with a hosel having a socket therein, the end of the hosel lying in. a plane at right angles to the axis thereof, of a steel shaft fitting and fixedly secured within the socket of said hosel metal to metal, and an upwardly tapered sleeve of pyroxylin immovably fixed upon the said shaft with itslower end in spaced relation to the lower end of the shaft and in supporting abutting engagement with the end of the hosel, the abutting surfaces of the hosel and sleeve being of substantial extent radially.

2. In a golf club, the combination with a metal head provided with a hosel having a socket therein,-of a metal shaft fitting and fixedly secured within said socket metal tometal, and a sleeve arranged on and fixedly secured to said shaft with its lower end in spaced relation to the lower end of the shaft and in supporting abutting relation to the end of the hosel, the abutting surfaces of the hosel and sleeve being of substantial extent radially, said sleeve being tapered up-.. wardly from its lower end and having a portion of substantially uniform diameter above its tapered portion.

3. In a golf club, the combination with a metal head provided with a hosel having a socket therein, of a metal shaft fitting and fixedly secured. within said socket metal to metal, and a sleeve arranged on and fixedly secured to said shaft with its lower end in spaced relation to the lower end of the shaft and in supporting abutting relation to the end of the hosel, the abutting surfaces of the hosel and sleeve being of substantial extent radially. i

CONRAD F. HARDERS. RICHARD A. LINK.

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